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Pierre Laporte

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The Resume

    (February 25, 1921-October 17, 1970)
    Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Journalist for Le Devoir (1945–1961)
    Member of Quebec Liberal Party (Chambly riding, 1961 by-election to death)
    Vice-Premier (1970)
    Kidnapped by members of the Front de liberation du Quebec (October 10, 1970)

Why he might be annoying:

    He lost his bid to become Premier in 1970, to Robert Bourassa (under whom he would eventually become deputy premier).
    A week after being kidnapped, his strangled body showed up in the trunk of a car.
    He died the day after the Canadian government brought in the War Measures Act.
    Though hit with severe prison terms, his kidnappers and murderers served only an average of nine years each.
    When they took out ads commemorating the October Crisis, modern separatists refused to acknowledge him.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a federalist.
    During his career at Le Devoir, he was a fervent critic of Premier Maurice Duplessis.
    Despite losing the leadership bid, he was elected to the Immigration, Manpower, and Labor portfolios.
    The longest main-span suspension bridge in Canada bears his name.
    Three days after his death, the Canadian government honored his memory with a postage stamp.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 106 Votes: 37.74% Annoying